Pete_H Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 " ... While a little absinthe can be quite pleasant, a lot, as with any other strong spirit, will make you drunk. Perhaps, if you are of an Oscar Wilde bent, too much absinthe will do to you what it did to him: 'After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were,' he said in one of his many disquisitions on absinthe. 'After the second you see things as they are not. Finally you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world ...'" http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/13/dining/reviews/13wine.html?pagewanted=1&em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 [video:youtube]uQ26bXo6cA8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Check the thujone content before you drink - much of what is sold in the States is low-thujone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 WAY TO PERPETUATE THE MYTH DRU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete_H Posted May 14, 2009 Author Share Posted May 14, 2009 I want all the thujone I can get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Absinthe makes you crazy and criminal, provokes epilepsy and tuberculosis, and has killed thousands of people. It makes a ferocious beast of man, a martyr of woman, and a degenerate of the infant, it disorganizes and ruins the family and menaces the future of the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete_H Posted May 14, 2009 Author Share Posted May 14, 2009 What's your point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Well, the point is you might want to hold off on feeding that stuff to your dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Here is yet another case: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1080182.cms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaskadskyjKozak Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Absinthe makes you crazy and criminal, provokes epilepsy and tuberculosis, and has killed thousands of people. It makes a ferocious beast of man, a martyr of woman, and a degenerate of the infant, it disorganizes and ruins the family and menaces the future of the country. You make that sound like a bad thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 You might want to hold off on bottle feeding your infant with that stuff, as they might become a degenerate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fallabit Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Y'all haven't tried my home made carrot wine. Absinthe is a purring lil pussycat:P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korup Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 POPULAR LORE HAS IT that absinthe, the potent wormwood-flavored alcohol, causes hallucinations, epileptic-like attacks, and bouts of madness for those who drink it. Scientists studying absinthe in recent years have shown that modern versions of the spirit contain too little thujone, the key psychoactive chemical present in the wormwood herb, Artemisia absinthium, to cause the reported psychedelic effects. But the myths about absinthe being more drug than drink persist in part because of century-old tales about famous artists and writers who heavily imbibed absinthe and vacillated between periods of high creativity and insanity. http://pubs.acs.org/cen/email/html/cen_86_i18_8618sci2.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Biblical warning about absinthe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormwood_(star) OMG2012! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mankato Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 I started drinking absinthe after reading Hemingway years ago. So far I haven't gone insane......... As far as I know it's still illegal in the US, but there are many places to get it. Check out spiritscorner.com Deva is a good brand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Conway Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Overrated yuppie spirit #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Absinthe of Mallet http://www.mountainproject.com/v/arizona/cochise_stronghold/sheepshead_area_southwest/105738803 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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